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Album Review: Lore City - Participation Mystique (2021)

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Picture Credit: Lore City Artwork: Nancy L. Greco  and Lore City   Lore City - Participation Mystique Release Date: July 23, 2021 Label: Lore City Music Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 45:20 Genre: Art Rock / Post Rock Origin: Portland , Oregon , USA Art and Post Rock duo Lore City from Portland, Oregon are celebrating their tenth anniversairy. This is a beautiful opportunity for the band to release their fourth longplayer "Participation Mystique" which they distribute via their own label Lore City Music. Laura Mariposa Williams  (vocals, keyboards) and Eric Angelo Bessel  (percussions, keyboards, guitars) have taken the energy from a once-in-five-hundred-years constellation of planets that occured in early 2020, and have transformed this galactic power into nine new songs. It happened within the constellation of Capricorn, that Saturn was aligned directly with Pluto. Participation Mystique by Lore City "Particpation Mystique" is a deeply atmospheric and psychedeli...

News: Lore City announce new album for July 2021

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Picture Credit: Lore City Artwork: Nancy L. Greco  & Lore City Following their recent album " Alchemical Task " (October 2020), Portland's Psychwave duo Lore City will release their fourth full-length " Participation Mystique " on July 23, 2021. The nine-track release will be available on vinyl and as a digital album and can already be pre-ordered via the band's Bandcamp profile. The first ex ante single "I know you know" can be streamed since May 26, and it is a beautiful introduction to the psychedelic gloomy reverie, "Particpation Mystique" is about to contain. Dream Pop and Wave sounds darker than the night grind on a cold Post Rock atmosphere, as Laura Mariposa Williams (vocals, keys) and Eric Angelo Bessel  (percussions, keys, guitars) create a massively psychedelic soundscape. As an appetizer for the upcoming album, the single raises hope for a gigantic work of dark and atmospheric sonic arts. Air and mood of this track somewha...